Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Who introduced the "zone of proximal development"?

  1. ALawrence Kohlberg
  2. BJean Piaget
  3. CLev Vygotsky
  4. DJohn Bowlby
2.Easy

The "rouge test", in which a mark is placed on a child's nose before they look in a mirror, measures:

  1. AUnderstanding false beliefs
  2. BDepth perception
  3. CObject permanence
  4. DVisual self-recognition
3.Easy

Repetitive syllables such as "ba-ba-ba" in an infant's vocalisations are called:

  1. ATelegraphic speech
  2. BCooing
  3. CBabbling
  4. DHolophrases
4.Medium

In Mischel's "marshmallow test", children could eat one treat now or wait to get two. The task measures:

  1. AObject permanence
  2. BConservation
  3. CDelay of gratification
  4. DAttachment security
5.Medium

Children get better at ignoring distractions and switching between tasks through childhood and adolescence. This improvement in executive function is linked mainly to maturation of the:

  1. APrefrontal cortex
  2. BCerebellum
  3. CBrainstem
  4. DOccipital lobe
6.Medium

A parent's stressful workplace affects a child's home life, although the child never goes there. In Bronfenbrenner's theory, the workplace is part of the child's:

  1. AMesosystem
  2. BChronosystem
  3. CExosystem
  4. DMicrosystem
7.Hard

Adolescents take more risks in a driving game when friends are watching, but adults are less affected. Steinberg explains this mainly by:

  1. AReward systems maturing earlier than prefrontal self-control
  2. BAdults being less aware of risks than adolescents are
  3. CAdolescents being unable to understand the rules of the driving game
  4. DAdolescents having faster reaction times than adults do
8.Hard

Temperament research by Thomas and Chess classified infants into which three main groups?

  1. ASecure, avoidant and resistant
  2. BEasy, difficult and slow-to-warm-up
  3. CAuthoritative, authoritarian and permissive
  4. DIntroverted, extroverted and ambiverted

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Lev Vygotsky
  2. 2. D · Visual self-recognition
  3. 3. C · Babbling
  4. 4. C · Delay of gratification
  5. 5. A · Prefrontal cortex
  6. 6. C · Exosystem
  7. 7. A · Reward systems maturing earlier than prefrontal self-control
  8. 8. B · Easy, difficult and slow-to-warm-up

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